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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 A Little History of Economics

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 A Little History of Economics

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/18/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    A Little History of EconomicsA Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy

    A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field.

    What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone, yet the unfamiliar jargon and math of economics can seem daunting. This clear, accessible, and even humorous book is ideal for young listeners new to economics and to all listeners who seek a better understanding of the full sweep of economic history and ideas.

    Economic historian Niall Kishtainy organizes short, chronological chapters that center on big ideas and events. He recounts the contributions of key thinkers including Adam Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Keynes, and others, while examining topics ranging from the invention of money and the rise of agrarianism to the Great Depression, entrepreneurship, environmental destruction, inequality, and behavioral economics. The result is a uniquely enjoyable volume that succeeds in illuminating the economic ideas and forces that shape our world.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Bloody Chamber

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Bloody Chamber

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/17/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Bloody ChamberThe Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

    A collection of short stories, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories was first published in 1979 and awarded the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize.

    The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a titillating series of dark, sensual and fantastical stories, inspired by well-known fairy tales and folklore.

    Dissatisfied with the unrealistic portrayal of women in these legendary fables, Carter turns them on their head, introducing subversively dark, sensual and gothic narratives.

    Breathing new and unexpected life into favourite childhood characters such as Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard and Beauty and the Beast, Carter shocks, seduces and amuses the listener with her unique, iconic and surrealist reimagining.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Down the River unto the Sea

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Down the River unto the Sea

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/16/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Down the River unto the SeaDown the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley

    Over 250 5-Star Reviews!

    "Mosley writes with great power here about themes that have permeated his work: institutional racism, political corruption, and the ways that both of these issues affect not only society at large but also the inner lives of individual men and women." (Booklist, starred review)

    Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD’s finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island.

    A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja-Denise. Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed in equal measure while behind bars, his work and his daughter are the only light in his solitary life. When he receives a card in the mail from the woman who admits she was paid to frame him those years ago, King realizes that he has no choice but to take his own case: figuring out who on the force wanted him disposed of – and why.

    Running in parallel with King’s own quest for justice is the case of a Black radical journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and women within the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

    Joined by Melquarth Frost, a brilliant sociopath, our hero must beat dirty cops and dirtier bankers, craven lawyers, and above all keep his daughter far from the underworld in which he works. All the while, two lives hang in the balance: King’s client’s, and King’s own.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Boston Girl

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Boston Girl

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/15/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Boston GirlThe Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

    Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    From the New York Times best-selling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early 20th century.

    Addie Baum is "The Boston Girl", born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie’s intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can’t imagine – a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love.

    Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her 22-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her "How did you get to be the woman you are today?" She begins in 1915, the year she found her voice and made friends who would help shape the course of her life…

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Final Mission of Extortion 17

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Final Mission of Extortion 17

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/14/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Final Mission of Extortion 17The Final Mission of Extortion 17
    by Ed Darack

    On August 6, 2011, a US Army Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 40 miles southwest of Kabul. The helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was on a mission to reinforce American and coalition special operations troops. It would never return.

    Insurgents fired at the Chinook, severed one of its rear rotor blades, and brought it crashing to the ground. All 38 onboard perished instantly in the single greatest moment of sacrifice for Americans in the war in Afghanistan.

    Those killed were some of the United States’ most highly trained and battle-honed commandos, including 15 men from the Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, known popularly as SEAL Team 6, which had raided a Pakistan compound and killed Osama bin Laden just three months earlier.

    The downing of Extortion 17 spurred a number of conspiracy theories, such as the idea that the shootdown was revenge for bin Laden’s death. In The Final Mission of Extortion 17, Ed Darack debunks this theory and others and uncovers the truth behind this mysterious tragedy. His account of the brave pilots, crew, and passengers of Extortion 17 and the events of that fateful day is interwoven into a rich, complex narrative that also discusses modern joint combat operations, the history of the Afghan war to that date, US helicopter use in Afghanistan, and the new and evolving military technologies and tactics being developed to mitigate such tragedies now and in the future.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Award

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Award

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/12/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The AwardThe Award by Danielle Steel

    Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    Capturing historical events, terrifying moments of danger, tragedy, the price of war, and the invincible spirit of a woman of honor, The Award is a monumental tale from one of our most gifted storytellers – Danielle Steel’s finest, most emotionally resonant novel yet.

    Gaëlle de Barbet is sixteen years old in 1940 when the German army occupies France and frightening changes begin. She is shocked and powerless when French gendarmes take away her closest friend, Rebekah Feldmann, and her family, and send them to a detention camp for deportation to an unknown, ominous fate.

    Taking terrifying risks, Gaëlle becomes a valuable member of the Resistance, fearlessly delivering Jewish children to safety underneath the eyes of the Gestapo and their French collaborators. Then she is suddenly approached by the German commandant with an astonishing and dangerous plan to save part of France’s artistic heritage as the Germans withdraw. And once again, her life is on the line…

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Finding Ultra

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 Finding Ultra

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/11/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Finding UltraFinding Ultra by Rich Roll

    Over 600 5-Star Reviews!

    Finding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible but true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever.

    One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn 40, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly 50 pounds overweight at the time and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary lifestyle was taking him. Plunging into a new way of eating that made processed foods off-limits and prioritized plant nutrition and daily training, Rich morphed – in a matter of mere months – from out-of-shape midlifer to endurance machine. Ninety days into his physical overhaul, Rich left the house to embark on a light jog and found himself running a near marathon. It was time to scale up his goals.

    Finding Ultra recounts Rich’s remarkable journey to the elite Ultraman World Championship competition, which pits the world’s fittest humans against each other in a 320-mile ordeal of swimming, biking, and running. Following that test, Rich conquered an even greater one: the Epic5 Challenge – five Ironman-distance triathlons, each on a different Hawaiian island, all completed in less than a week.

    Ultimately, Finding Ultra is a beautifully written portrait of what willpower can accomplish. It challenges all of us to rethink what we’re capable of and urges us, implicitly and explicitly, to go for it.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Child Next Door

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Child Next Door

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/10/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Child Next DoorThe Child Next Door by Shalini Boland

    Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    "Don’t take my baby."

    Kirstie Rawlings is jolted awake by a child crying. Racing upstairs to check on her newborn, she is plunged into every parents’ worst nightmare. She hears an unknown voice in the baby monitor saying, "Let’s take the child – and go."

    Is someone trying to steal her little girl?

    In the bedroom, her daughter is safe asleep in her cot. Is the voice coming from a nearby house? But there aren’t any other children living on her quiet country road…

    The police don’t believe her. And neither does her husband.

    Kirstie knows something isn’t right. She thought she could trust her neighbours; now she isn’t sure. As she unravels the secrets of the people living on her street, Kirstie’s perfect life begins to fall apart.

    Because someone is hiding a terrible lie. And they will do anything to stop Kirstie uncovering the truth. But is the danger closer to home than she thinks?

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 You Need a Budget

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 You Need a Budget

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/09/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    You Need a BudgetYou Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham

    Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    For most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn’t be further from the truth. You just haven’t budgeted the right way.

    You Need a Budget will teach you four simple rules to completely revolutionize the way you think about managing your money. With a budget, you’ll break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. A liberating, enabling, empowering budget will actually make you feel more free, not more restricted. The YNAB philosophy is centered around these four rules:

    • Give every dollar a job.
    • Embrace your true expenses.
    • Roll with the punches.
    • Age your money.

    YNAB’s four rules are the pillars of a tried-and-true system that gets you to engage with your money every day. It helps you change your behavior so that you’re proactive and in control of your finances. It’s not about stressing over last month’s statement; instead, you’re looking ahead and actively deciding how you want and need to build a life of meaning, not stress.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day 🎧 The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 09/08/2018 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Extraordinary Life of Sam HellThe Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
    by Robert Dugoni

    Over 2,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.”

    Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called "Devil Boy" or Sam "Hell" by his classmates; "God’s will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother’s devout faith, his father’s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends.

    Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls.

    Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design – especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he’d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open – bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters.

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